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T-SQL save individual rows to text files

I have a table containing some HTML content in an ntext column, which I wish to extract. Is there any way to save the individual rows from query results to text files? I had attempted to use a cursor, ...
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Combining sheets of different excel into multiple sheets of single excel using TSQL

Is there any way to combine single sheets of different excel into multiple sheets of single excel using TSQL coding? Thanks, Naveen
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Sharing MS Excel Sheet over network? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Sharing Excel sheet over network? Is it possible to have a Server PC running a MS Excel Sheet to which several Thin Clients will be connected via TCP/IP having Barcode ...
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Sharing Excel sheet over network?

Is it possible to have a server PC running a Microsoft Excel sheet to which several Thin Clients, with Barcode Scanners, will be connected via TCP/IP? The scanners should dump their data in the Excel ...
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Unable to connect to SQL Server machine but can log in with remote desktop

I'm using SQL Server 2008 express on Windows 7. I am able to remote desktop to a windows machine running SQL Server 2005, open management studio and login to the SQL Server running using SQL Server ...
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SQL Server 2012 installation - Service 'SQLBrowser' start request failed

I am having trouble installing SQL Server 2012 Express on Windows 7. Whenever I try the installation, I get the error Service 'SQLBrowser' start request failed. If I click Retry, it happens ...
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Cannot connect to SQL Server from another PC

I am using windows XP SP2 and SQL Server 2000. I can successfully connect to a database from the host computer via 127.0.0.1 and also with the local IP (which is 192.168.1.6). But when when I try to ...
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Why don't I have SQL Profiler on SQL Server Management Studio?

I'm running SQL Server Management Studio 2008 (Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 10.0.1600.22 ((SQL_PreRelease).080709-1414 )) However I cannot find the option to open SQL Profiler. I was ...
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Windows 8, SQL Server 2012 RTM: can't find SQL Profiler?

Where can I find SQL Profiler 2012? I know it's there as I installed Windows Server 2008 from the same media. Is it somehow hidden on the metro interface?
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sqlservr.exe's virtual size is big – should I worry?

Is this normal? Does the large virtual size matter on sqlservr.exe for the performance of other apps? It seems to happen any time I use Firefox and iTunes. ( Also running is League of Legends) ...
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SQL server 2008 and 2012 on the same instance of Windows

Is it a problem to have both of these installed on the same Windows instance? I.e. will one break the other or impact it negatively in any way?
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SQL SERVER 2000 JDBC DRIVER

I am trying to find the SQL SERVER 2000 JDBC Driver to use in extracting data from SQL SERVER and also carrying out several operation implemented in Java/JSF. Any idea where I could get my hands on ...
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Skip restarting during SQL Server installation

I tried to install MSSQL Express R2 2008 but I noticed that it needs SP3 on Windows XP 32bit. I did install XP SP3 and did not restart the PC. When I try to install SQLServer, it asks for a restart. ...
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How do I connect to a MySQL database from another computer in VB.NET?

How do I connect to a database of another computer in the same local network using VB.NET? We have already enabled remote connection in the SQL Server configuration and the SQL browser, and we already ...
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Export .mdf to SQL Server database

I am on a shared hosting plan and cannot install SQL Server Express, is there another way I can use my .mdf database or will I need to export it to a SQL Server database and change all my connection ...
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Should I transition from an Excel file to a MS SQL database?

I currently have an Excel spreadsheet acting as a small data base, about 2000 entries. It is fine for our needs but we now need to allow a couple of staff to securely and quickly access subsets of the ...
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How to install SQL Server Express?

While installing Visual Studio 2010, I saw an option to install SQL Express. I checked that option assuming it would install SQL Server Express as well, but apparently it didn't. When I type ssms.exe ...
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Using SQL Server Migration Assistand for Access to fi and import queries to views

Im trying to use SSMA to migrate my Access queries over to views but Im getting TONS of errors, which is racking up an estimated 66 hours of manual conversion time. The biggest offenders are the ...
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connecting to sql server from access for multiple users

I just ran the upsizing wizard on my copy of Access and have successfully connected my Access app to my SQL Server DB but I need to do this for multiple users. Am I going to have to run the upsize ...
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Development enviroment setup advice needed [closed]

I am looking to build a machine, and this is not about what to get, it is about what to use as a host as I want to virtual the environments. I will be doing DB development, some prototyping, some ...
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Windows XP PRO SP3. Setup ASP.NET dev. environment

I have Windows XP PRO SP3 And Visual Studio 2010. By default I have IIS 5.1. And there is no option to upgrade it. I want to start developing ASP.NET. Could any one give a good reference how to ...
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SQL Server Management Studio ignores default DB

When I use SQL Server Management Studio to log in to databases, it ignores my default DB and always puts me in master. I checked that my Windows user has a login with the correct DB set, and I tried ...
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Tools to manage SQL Server and Oracle database from the desktop

I am using SQL Server 2008 and Oracle 11G on my system. Running both database services is making my system very slow. In order to stop the services I have to go to Services and stop them manually. ...
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Why Intellisense doesn't work in SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2? [closed]

I have SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2. I have tried these: Tools->Options->Query Execution->SQL Server->General, make sure “By default, open new queries in SQLCMD mode” is unchecked Go to ...
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What is the best way to manually edit and update data within a large table in MS SQL Server?

I have a table in MS SQL server which currently has around 800 records and 20 columns. I want to manually update and add to the information within this table on a frequent basis. Would exporting the ...
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How to start with the SQL queries in the QC 10.0?

I understood that for generating reports and troubleshooting in QC we can use SQL queries from backend of the QC 10.0. Please guide me through any any tutorial websites,cookbook's or workbook's ...
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How to retrieve the size of a database in restoring mode

With pure SQL - how to do it? I doubt it is possible, since even the SQL Management Studio fails to show the size of such a database in the UI. Already tried: exec sp_helpdb 'DbInRecMode' ...
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How do I connect to a database without seeing all the other databases on the host?

I'm using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2, I followed the instructions from my host and I'm successfully able to connect to my database, but I also happen to see all of the databases on ...
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Is it a virus on my PC?

Somehow sqlservr.exe launches cmd.exe (with very strange command line params) and ftp.exe processes on my PC, please see screenshots. I have already installed antivirus. What it could be, how to treat ...
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Sql server transaction log is very big: how to manage it?

i'm a newbie about Sql Server Administration. I've some questions regarding it, hope you can help me: What is the LDF file ? Is it the transaction log ? How to limit the growth size of the ...
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Scripting the creation of Partitions on Measure Groups in BIDS

We have an Analysis Services project, on SQL Server 2008 R2, and need to add a number of Partitions to the cubes, to improve the performance. While it is possible to create the partitions against the ...
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Troubleshooting inconsistent ODBC connectivity

I'm attempting to integrate UPS WorldShip with a SQL Server 2008 R2 database but the connection is very inconsistent. UPS claims this is a DSN/Windows problem and I have not been able to convince them ...
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What folder should I put the sql server 2008 extract files when running setup via this command?

http://blog.tonysneed.com/2010/08/05/setting-up-sql-server-2008-express-with-profiler/ I'm following this tutorial here that shows you how to install sql server express (db engine only) using this ...
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Sql Server Express Installation

I am learning ADO.NET programming. I want to install Sql Server Express for doing the some programs. I am using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate on my windows 7 home basics 64 bit. I have ...
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How Do I Investigate a CPU Usage Spike Without Being Present?

I have a server that's mysteriously using up a lot of CPU late at night, when it shouldn't be under heavy load. This causes some database calls to time out, and I've set up some alerts in PerfMon to ...
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Networking in VMware

I am required to imitate a remote database server environment for my project. So I am thinking of installing SQL Server 2008 on a virtual machine (VMware workstation) and then access it from my ...
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Querying big databases with Excel

Is it possible to use Excel's pivot table as a kind of query builder against a database, without copying the entire database into Excel? I know that with the External Data Sources feature, you can ...
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How to use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a simple database for testing

As a student, I get Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for free through MSDNAA. I installed it, but I seem to be at a loss for how to use it to test database queries, and how to construct a database with ...
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How to install MS sql server client in 64 bit windows 7 operating system?

I want to install sql server client in my windows 7 64 bit version. But I am unable to do that please provide some help. i want to install only Client not sql server. is this possible.
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Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine - MSDE 2000 Install failure

A program is attempting to install MSDE 2000 as part of its package as it requires an SQL database backend, it is failing when attempting to load the setup engine with an error saying that it is ...
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Can't access SQL Server from outside the network

I am trying to log in remotely to SQL Server 2008 R2. After reading several posts I was able to log in remotely from a computer on the same network. But I still cannot remotely log in from outside ...
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Open port for Microsoft SQL database connection from outside the Windows7 computer

My Firewall seems to be blocking the connection from anywhere to my local MS Sql Server on my Windows7 development machine. On Linux and Mysql I could telnet the database ports and it gives response ...
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Custom forms in Sharepoint with MS SQL Server as Backend. Is it possible?

We're evaluating using SharePoint 2010 as our project management tool. Specifically, the system needs to satisfy the following: Discussion groups Project management (simple issue tracking, no ...
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How can I make a usable copy of an SQL Server database on Windows Server 2003?

I need to make a usable copy of an SQL Server database on Windows Server 2003 for testing purposes. There is a backup tool built into Enterprise Manager but I can't seem to make it work. I've tried ...
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How can i compress when I create SQL backup file in a folder?

I use SQL Server Express and I create backup files for all databases every day using Time Scheduling script. One script Like that; BACKUP DATABASE [Jira] TO DISK = N'C:\Backup\Jira.bak' WITH ...
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SQL Server Ports

The Microsoft website states The firewall must be configured to permit port 1433 incoming (or the port numbers that SQL Server listens to on TCP/IP), and ports 1024 to 65535 outgoing. Does this ...
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SQLCMD -L option with a smaller timeout

I am trying to use the sqlcmd -L c command to find out the instance name of the SQL server running on the local machine. It succeeds, but I have to wait for a full minute, for the tool to realize that ...
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Purging Expired SQL Server Backups

I have set up a SQL Server Agent job to execute a backup every night at 3am. The job appends the backup to an existing backup file, and sets the expiry of the backup to expire in 7 days time. It's ...
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How to remove a broken installation of SQL Server 2008?

After installing the Service Pack 2 of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the SQL Server failed to start. Trying to repair this, I've done some stupid things, which results now in the situation in which I ...
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How to convert Microsoft sql 7 database to Microsoft sql 2008 database?

Is it possible to convert an Microsoft SQL 7 database into Microsoft SQL 2008?

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